Japan is a highly hierarchical society, and the feudal feudal system has been pushed to its limit. The shogunate is the ruler of the country. Under him are daimyo, daimyo, lords, samurai, etc. Even the most basic samurai class is divided into Among the three, six or nine grades, those without a lord are called wild warriors, and those with a lord are divided into sergeants and corporals.
In Japanese tradition, corporals, the lowest level of samurai, can kill untouchables at will, while sergeants can kill corporals at will. As for the daimyo's family elders, generals, etc., they can kill sergeants at will.
The whole of Japan is so strictly ruled. Everyone is a link in the barbaric ecological chain. When Sakamoto Ryoma was a child, he once bumped into a sergeant. According to the system at that time, a sergeant could be killed at will. The son of a corporal.
Sakamoto Ryoma's mother took him to kneel in the rain and begged for forgiveness from the sergeant. However, Ryoma's mother also died of a serious illness due to the rain.
Later, one of Ryoma's friends was killed in the street because he failed to avoid a drunken sergeant. That time also triggered a major conflict between the samurai of the Tosa domain, and a war almost broke out between the sergeant and the corporal.
Not only in the Tosa Domain, but also in the Satsuma Domain, the ranks between samurai separated the crowd like a chasm, and the sergeants were as domineering as kings in front of the corporals and wild samurai.
What Toranosuke encountered today was a group of sergeants, the proud sergeants of the Shimazu family. This group of samurai who secretly participated in the Battle of Choshu. Their proud nostrils turned upward. What could they do when they saw this group of wild samurai? Can not be angry.
Who are you? How can you be richer than us? What status do you have? How dare you wear a silk kimono? Look at the coarse cloth kimono you are wearing. These sergeants are so angry that their noses are crooked.
What makes people even more angry is that the sergeant can only drink Japanese sake, but these bald warriors can actually drink the golden Jiangnan Huadiao from the Qing Dynasty. This is an unbearable crime.
"Baga... you are samurai from that daimyo family, why are you so arrogant in Kagoshima?" The sergeant slammed the sake cup on the tatami.
Toranosuke looked at him sideways, with a tangible murderous aura that made the sergeant across from him shiver. "You don't care which samurai we belong to, we are wild samurai, right?"
In Japan, samurai would not dare to make fun of their master. When Toranosuke said that he was a wild samurai, everyone on the other side believed him.
"The despicable wild samurai must have earned their money as pirates. Brothers drew their swords and killed them..." The fierce samurai left after a disagreement and started fighting. However, as soon as they fought, they were dumbfounded. The four or five wild samurai on the opposite side had unexpected sword skills. Sharper than them.
"You are so brave. You actually dared to fight back against the sergeant, and you were captured without any help..." A group of people fought from the tavern to the street, and then more and more reinforcements came to the sergeant, forming the appearance before Nohira Tai.
Twenty senior samurai from the Shimazu family surrounded Toranosuke and the others, with swords like a forest, but Toranosuke was so unafraid that he shouted, "The sword-drawing team... form a formation..."
With a loud roar, the six or seven-meter brothers immediately formed a defensive circle with shoulders and backs, and their swords were placed on the enemy's swords one after another. What followed was chaos on the long street, ranging from brothels, wine shops, and casinos. Inside, one team member with a sword suddenly rushed out one after another.
"Toranosuke is surrounded... Form a team to fight, and the sword-drawing team cannot be humiliated..." The sound of swords being unsheathed was heard on the long street of Cangranglang. This group of Japanese samurai who had gone through the Western procession formed at a very fast speed. They formed two phalanxes and pressed forward from the east-west long street shouting slogans.
"Ho ho... ha, ho ho... ha." The phalanx has shouted a rhythmic attack slogan, and the sword formation has been formed. These brave warriors have resisted the French cavalry on the French-Swiss border and fought in the Austro-Prussian War. The murderous aura of the Austrian noble regiment pressed against the sergeants like a wall.
"Who are you? Tell me who you are... call for help, call for help immediately." Faced with the pressure of nearly a hundred Ba Dao teams coming from east and west, these sergeants finally realized they were scared and quickly shouted for help.
The news that Xiao Letian secretly came to Kagoshima only focused on the senior officers of the Shimadzu family. The samurai below had no idea at all. If there was a trace of information leaked, these sergeants would not dare to be so arrogant. They really didn't know. I know that a big shot has landed on Kyushu Island.
At this time, Japan had not yet fully westernized. They also celebrated the Chinese New Year. During the Taisho month, Japanese samurai also had a holiday to recuperate. They went out to eat, drink and have fun every day. A large number of Shimadzu samurai gathered in the castle towns and ports of Kagoshima. Hearing the sergeant calling for help, these warriors all went crazy.
The drunken samurai were not afraid of the cold. They took off their shirts and stuffed them around their waists, showing off their muscles in the cold weather. They all screamed crazily, "The wild samurai dare to challenge the honor of the Shimazu family... kill them, duck." Brother." After a while, more than 300 fanatical thugs rushed out of the street, each one roaring hysterically.
A bloody conflict is inevitable. Both the enemy and ourselves have drunk too much alcohol. At this time, reason is useless.
At this moment, there were three crisp gunshots, and the three swords in front fell to the ground with a clang. People took a closer look, and saw a man who looked like an officer who was not angry but powerful, holding a Colt. Zuolun looked at them coldly, smoke still coming from the gun.
"Everyone, stop it. If you have any problems, please go to the husband of the Rigen family in Kayama to solve it..." It was Noheita who fired the gun. He knew that it was impossible not to take action. If a bloody conflict really broke out, the Prime Minister's whereabouts would be completely exposed.
"Muskets, the highest-end Western muskets, Baga... They must be pirates, don't listen to them, continue to attack..." Otherwise, people who drink too much are irrational, and their brains have been drained of blood. Got carried away.
Nohira was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat. Why did he encounter such a group of drunkards today? But it was simply impossible for one person to stop so many madmen.
At this time, he turned around and glanced around him, and suddenly found that the brat Hyoutarou was missing. At this critical moment, he actually became a deserter.
"Baga, just wait for me to settle the score with you..." After saying that, the revolver in Noheita's hand made a crisp sound, and the swords were knocked to the ground.
At this time, the sound of gunfire could no longer suppress these two groups of lunatics. The swords had already collided with each other, and the shouts of killing were earth-shattering.
The castle town has completely exploded. The shops along the street opened their back doors, and merchants and people ran away with their heads in arms. There were cries and shouts everywhere. Even the foreigners at the port were alarmed, and they all stared blankly at the street where the fighting broke out.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of big leather boots hitting the stone slabs from the dock, and it was like a rushing tide sweeping over.
"The Ba Dao Team...the bullets are loaded...We are the sharp blade in the hands of the Prime Minister, our most noble new East Asian army..."
"Now the stale warriors actually dare to challenge the dignity of the proud new army. Do you agree or not?"
As Hyoutaro mobilized for war, a thunderous roar erupted on the long street, "No." This roar frightened the attacking Shimazu samurai. Toranosuke and the others took the opportunity to launch a small counterattack, and immediately slashed Overturned six or seven samurai.
Nohira yelled, "Stop it all... Stop killing each other. The Bato team took three steps back to defend... Damn it, military discipline was violated today."
It was Hyoutaro who rushed up. This guy, all the last one hundred batto squads stationed on the Roma were mobilized. These were the one hundred batto squad members who had not changed their uniforms. The light blue military uniforms were unusual in the castle town. Eye-catching.
High-leg military boots, woolen military uniforms, patent leather big-brimmed hats, thick cowhide armed belts...and of course a Mauser rifle with a bayonet. As soon as this torrent appeared, the entire Kagoshima port was shocked.
Countless foreign businessmen pointed at the military uniforms and shouted, "Xiao Letian's new army... is the Eastern Army that swept across Europe... The new army has landed in Japan."
There are also those businessmen with broad vision. They have all been to Naha Ryukyu, and they know very well what the new army is like.
"It's bad...the new Ryukyu army is coming. They want revenge for the two hundred years of humiliation...Run away."
Xiao Letian's new army is not only the new army of Ryukyu, but also the new army of the entire Asia. It is the first top-level armed force trained purely in Western style. Their victories are so dazzling that even Europeans are looking at them.
In the eyes of these Japanese, if the Shimazu family is a great name, then Prime Minister Xiao of Ryukyu should be a great name second only to the emperor. His influence in East Asia even exceeds that of the shogunate. Xiao Letian's soldiers will actually be defeated. Being called a wild samurai, how could the sergeant of the Shimazu family have the confidence to challenge the dignity of the Bato team?
"You can't live if you commit suicide. The sergeant of the Shimazu family actually dares to show your dignity in front of Prime Minister Xiao's new army. Isn't this looking for death? Look, he brought a new foreign gun to take revenge."
At this time, one hundred heavily armed Bato teams had rushed to the edge of the battlefield. Hyoutarou was furious when he saw the pools of blood on the ground. He yelled, "Get ready to shoot...kill these bastards."
At the moment when Mauser of the Bato team was about to shoot at the group of samurai, Nohira suddenly shouted, "Stop...raise the muzzle to 45 degrees...shoot."
Nohira knows that when a hundred Mauser guns are pointed at a crowd, you must never issue an order to stop shooting, because it is very likely that someone with an unstable mentality will subconsciously pull the trigger, and one person's shooting can easily cause chain reaction.
In the era of muzzle-loading muskets, accidents like this often occurred. Nervous soldiers in the firing array would always pull the trigger in advance, and one person's recklessness would soon cause a collective fire in the firing array.
The New Army has now reached the bottom of subconsciously executing the orders of its superiors. Noheita's orders were strictly implemented. The muzzles of a hundred guns were raised to 45 degrees, bang bang bang... After a deafening gunshot, What resulted was a dead silence on the long street.
Suddenly, the sound of clanging pierced the silence, and when they looked closely, it turned out to be a Shimazu samurai. The sword in his hand was frightened. What they were afraid of was not the foreign gun, but the military uniform and a picture. Zhang's youthful face was extremely proud.
"It's Ryukyu's new army... It's actually them. They defeated the Huashan family before they formed an army. After they formed an army, they were able to defeat the Qing army and even the Westerners..."
Countless warriors had pale faces, knowing that they had caused a big disaster.
